Geraldine Lloyd
Stories (3/0)
Together We Go
My mother has died. And like thousands of others, because of Covid, she is gone without ceremony. Although shattered by the suddenness, my pain is alleviated because she escaped an otherwise long and painful death. Identifying her body at the funeral home cocooned in PPE was traumatic. Leaving her 77 year old dead body in a frigid, sterile white basement, alone on a steel slab other deceased bodies had no doubt visited, felt unforgivable. My sorrow took me to bed for days.
By Geraldine Lloyd3 years ago in Families
Together We Go
My mother has died. And like thousands of others, because of Covid, she is gone without ceremony. And even though I’m shattered by the suddenness, my pain is alleviated because she escaped an otherwise long and painful death. Identifying her body at the funeral home cocooned in PPE was traumatic. Leaving her 77 year old dead body in a frigid, sterile white basement, alone on a steel slab other deceased bodies had no doubt visited, felt unforgivable. My sorrow took me to bed for days.
By Geraldine Lloyd3 years ago in Motivation
Paint What You Know
I am certain of a few things. One, that Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s acclaimed artist, was born to suffer great emotional and physical anguish in order to find release, strength, and hope through painting, and painting what she knew best, herself. Some 66 years later she has inspired a vast and diverse population of women who like her, are seeking healing and identity through their creativity.
By Geraldine Lloyd4 years ago in Journal